Santa Ana weather in August

In August, Santa Ana sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 55 mm of rain across 12.7 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Santa Ana's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Ana's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 55 mm; 12.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:08 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.92 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Santa Ana is human settlement in Peru.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical August day in Santa Ana reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	21	9
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	21	9
8	21	9
9	21	9
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	9
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	21	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	21	10
29	21	10
30	21	10
31	21	10

Santa Ana weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 14°	350	30.6	12.7	3.2
Feb	21° / 14°	327	27.1	12.4	3.3
Mar	21° / 13°	250	30.2	12.1	3.3
Apr	21° / 12°	161	27.7	11.7	3.7
May	21° / 11°	98	22.5	11.4	4.6
Jun	21° / 10°	51	13	11.3	6.0
Jul	20° / 9°	43	11.1	11.3	6.3
Aug	21° / 9°	55	12.7	11.6	6.2
Sep	22° / 11°	76	17.6	11.9	5.4
Oct	22° / 12°	153	26.6	12.3	4.0
Nov	21° / 13°	236	28.6	12.6	3.4
Dec	21° / 14°	325	30.3	12.7	3.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 34% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	65	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	64	64	65	65	65	65	65
Cloudier (%)	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	35	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	35	35	35	35	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Santa Ana gets around 55 mm of rain over 12.7 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 41% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	35	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	42
20	43
21	43
22	44
23	44
24	45
25	45
26	46
27	46
28	47
29	47
30	48
31	48

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	89	89	88	87	86	86	85	85	84	84	83	83	82	81
Comfortable (%)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	19

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	82	18
31	81	19

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
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28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:43 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:59
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:14	5:40
2	11.4	6:14	5:40
3	11.4	6:14	5:40
4	11.5	6:13	5:40
5	11.5	6:13	5:40
6	11.5	6:12	5:41
7	11.5	6:12	5:41
8	11.5	6:12	5:41
9	11.5	6:11	5:41
10	11.5	6:11	5:41
11	11.5	6:10	5:41
12	11.5	6:10	5:42
13	11.5	6:09	5:42
14	11.5	6:09	5:42
15	11.6	6:08	5:42
16	11.6	6:08	5:42
17	11.6	6:07	5:42
18	11.6	6:07	5:42
19	11.6	6:06	5:42
20	11.6	6:06	5:42
21	11.6	6:05	5:43
22	11.6	6:05	5:43
23	11.6	6:04	5:43
24	11.7	6:03	5:43
25	11.7	6:03	5:43
26	11.7	6:02	5:43
27	11.7	6:01	5:43
28	11.7	6:01	5:43
29	11.7	6:00	5:43
30	11.7	5:59	5:43
31	11.7	5:59	5:43

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.07 kWh/m² to a high of 5.27 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 4.92 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Santa Ana

In seasonPeak

None of Santa Ana's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Santa Ana's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Santa Ana?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.2

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Santa Ana for sightseeing.

What to pack for Santa Ana in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Santa Ana sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Santa Ana in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santa Ana peaks around February 8 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	17	17	16	14	12	9	9	12	11	15	15	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	15	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Air quality in Santa Ana in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Santa Ana is worst in September — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	7	8	9	8	7	7	10	17	21	10	9	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	8	Good
Mar	9	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	7	Good
Jun	7	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	10	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Santa Ana?

Santa Ana sits at 12.9°S, 72.7°W, 1,646 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Quillabamba, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Santa Ana

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Santa Ana.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Ana has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,229 m around an average of 1,341 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,254 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,792 m.

The land around Santa Ana is covered by trees (53%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (86%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

1,229 m

trees 53%

16 km

3,254 m

trees 86%

80 km

5,792 m

trees 70%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

← July Santa Ana year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Quillabamba 3.0 km · Machu Picchu 38 km · Aguas Calientes 38 km · Abancay 87 km · Santiago 108 km · Wanchaq 109 km · Cusco 110 km · Andahuaylas 114 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 51% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $9,684; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 49%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.6; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 13.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 519
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Santa Ana (-12.8667°, -72.7167°, elevation 1,646 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	21	9
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	21	9
8	21	9
9	21	9
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	9
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	21	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	21	10
29	21	10
30	21	10
31	21	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	42
20	43
21	43
22	44
23	44
24	45
25	45
26	46
27	46
28	47
29	47
30	48
31	48

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	82	18
31	81	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	21	9
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	21	9
8	21	9
9	21	9
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	9
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	21	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	21	10
29	21	10
30	21	10
31	21	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	42
20	43
21	43
22	44
23	44
24	45
25	45
26	46
27	46
28	47
29	47
30	48
31	48

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	82	18
31	81	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	21	9
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	21	9
8	21	9
9	21	9
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	9
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	21	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	21	10
29	21	10
30	21	10
31	21	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	42
20	43
21	43
22	44
23	44
24	45
25	45
26	46
27	46
28	47
29	47
30	48
31	48

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	82	18
31	81	19